Fun Facts about Time Lords and Ladies for People Who RP/Write Fanfic About Them
AKA: There’s more biologically interesting stuff than just two hearts and the ability to regenerate [all facts taken from here]
Gallifreyans don’t sleep as much as humans do- they really only need an hour.
If one is severely injured, they’ll go into a sort of healing coma and appear to be dead with a temperature that could reach below freezing point. Their hearts beats would only be around 10bpm.
Their normal body temperature is also significantly lower than humans at only 60°F or 16°C.
Any mental manipulation powers (hypnosis, mind reading, ect) requires physical contact, though with some difficulty they can also communicate telepathically over a greater distance.
Gallifreyan blood has special platelets that allow for better recovery from an injury that doesn’t require regeneration.
In addition to being able to survive with just one heart, Time Lords can also gain conscious control over the beating of their hearts allowing them fake death by stopping them if they so wished.
No, seriously they’ve got a system of pulmonary tubes instead which means they float in water like a freaking boat.
But they do have 26 ribs (probably- some bits of canon say 24).
There’s also a respiratory bypass systems which means they can survive being choked/ poison gas/drowning/ect.
Sadly helium gas doesn’t make their voices squeaky.
Some sources say that Gallifreyans are born/loomed with only one heart in their first body and get their second only after regeneration. Those born naturally before the Pythia’s curse thing had two right from the start, though (this is a whole ‘nother bit of canon that I still have to fully understand myself).
They have two livers, too.
Ok this next bit is one of my favorites pay attention:
Time Lords and Ladies can get drunk/are susceptible to the effects of alcohol.
However, they can easily shrug the effects off because of their metabolism.
BUT IF THERE IS GINGER IN IT THEY CAN’T.
SERIOUSLY WHY ARE THERE NOT MORE FICS ABOUT THE DOCTOR GOING “OOPS DARN THERE’S GINGER IN THIS AND NOW I’M SUPER DRUNK AND MAKING EVEN WORSE DECISIONS THAN NORMAL. WHEEEEE CATCH ME ROSE/RIVAH/WHOEVER YOU SHIP HIM WITH!”
Don’t give them anesthetic though if they might die because that could make them not regenerate and that wouldn’t be good. Plus it doesn’t really work that well.
DON’T GIVE THEM ASPIRIN EITHER THAT KILLS THE TIME LORD.
But the antidote is chocolate so.
Also they don’t need to brush their teeth really since tooth decay isn’t a thing that happens for them.
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